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Navigating and Negotiation Connections
Presented by Metro Arts Biz Arts MAkers
Wednesday 5 November, 9am to 5pm, Metro Arts
Book online at www.metroarts.com.au or phone 07) 3002 7100
The success of any production is pinned on the people surrounding it – the artists, producers, funders, and venues, to name a few. So how do independent artists connect with the most appropriate people to present their performance work and ultimately get it on the road? What is the key to building strong relationships with partners? How much can artists expect from partners and what will they expect in return? Navigating and Negotiating Connections brings together festival managers, venue managers, touring facilitators and curators, producers and artistic directors who support independent artists to present quality works to local, national and international markets.
This facilitated discussion comes at a relevant time to engage with the new funding guidelines for Australia Council’s Theatre Board. Independent artists must now secure ‘presenting partners’ – including venues, festivals, other theatre companies, museums or independent producers – to provide the essential resources to present work to the public. This forum will demonstrate where to find presenting partners, how they add value, and why a common vision between artist and partner is the key to success.
This project has been assisted by the Australia Government through the Australian Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
PROGRAM:
8:30 – 9:10am RECEPTION: Doors open 8:50am
9:10 – 9:20am: WELCOME: Liz Burcham, CEO, Metro Arts
9:20 – 9:30am FACILITATOR: Sue Rider, Independent theatre director
9:30 – 10am FOCUS SESSION: THE VALUE OF PARTNERS
Lyn Wallis, Creative producer and programmer
Lyn Wallis has enjoyed a long and highly successful careers working as a director, season programmer, performer and teacher for more than 20 years. Having worked on both sides of the ‘deal’, she will kick the day off with a personal perspective on the value of identifying and building successful partnerships to realise a vision.
10:00 – 10:50am PANEL: LOOKING AT BRISBANE
Liz Burcham, CEO, Metro Arts
General Manager, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
Nicole Lauder, General Manager, La Boite Theatre Company
Deb Murphy, Executive Manager – Programming (Acting), QPAC
Andrew Ross, Director, Brisbane Powerhouse
A place for artists to present their work is vital. Representatives from Brisbane’s performance venues and potential co-presenters of new work will explore how each company approaches partnering with independent practitioners. They will discuss what they expect from artists, the range of partnership models they follow and the deals on offer.
10:50 – 11:10am MORNING TEA (BASEMENT)
11:10 – 11:45am FOCUS SESSION: PRESENTER PROJECTS
La Boite Theatre Company and Matrix Theatre Company
Nicole Lauder, General Manager, La Boite Theatre Company
Helen Howard and Michael Futcher, Producers, Matrix Theatre Company
Matrix Theatre Company recently presented The Wishing Well at La Boite Theatre Company as Australia Council’s first funded presenter project. This case study explores the benefits of the presenter model; which elements work and which need more work; and how this model may signal a new way forward for presenting new independent work in main stage theatres.
11:45am – 12:30pm PANEL: BEYOND BRISBANE
Jane Atkins, Associate Director/Manager-Ontour onstage, Queensland Arts Council
Yaron Lifschitz, Artistic Director, CIRCA
Suellen Maunder, Artistic Director, JUTE Theatre
Glenn Terry, Director, Critical Stages
Increasingly, there is a focus is on touring work. This panel will explore what it takes to tour a work successfully. The speakers will consider why to tour, which works are best suited to touring, the different ways to manage a tour, and how artists can identify and partner with the right touring partners. They’ll also consider how to build successful partnerships between the creator and manager/producer? And ask, ‘What is the manager/producer looking for in the relationship with the creator?’
12:30 – 1:30pm LUNCH (NOT CATERED)
1:30 – 2:10pm LOOKING TO THE UK MARKET: POTENTIAL AVENUES TO PRESENTING WORK
Liz O’Neill, Director, PANDA (Performing Arts Network and Development Agency, UK)
You’re ready to take your work offshore and your heart and eyes are set on the UK market. But where do you knock, who opens the doors, how do you wow them and should you even be there in the first place? Liz O’Neill will help to answer these questions, drawing on her extensive experience providing support, information, advice, professional development and networking to emerging companies in the UK independent performing arts sector.
2:10 – 3:00pm PANEL: CONNECTING WITH FESTIVALS
Janelle Christofis, Executive Producer, Out of the Box
Nigel Lavender, Executive Director, Queensland Music Festival
Lyndon Terracini, Chief Executive, Major Brisbane Festivals
Zane Trow, Artistic Advisor, Metro Arts
Festivals are potential presentation partners and launching pads for the development of new work. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of different festivals in Australia. The panel will explore how artists can connect with festivals; what works are best suited for developing and premiering at festivals; how to develop partnerships with festivals and what deals artists can expect.
3:00 – 3:45pm FACILITATED DISCUSSION
Sue Rider will invite speakers and panelists back to the stage for a facilitated discussion to complete the day by asking and responding to audience questions that haven’t yet been raised.
3:45 – 4:00pm FACILITATOR SUMMARY and THANK YOUS
4:00 – 5:00pm DRINKS
BOOKING DETAILS:
Tickets: $45 plus GST
Time: 9am to 5pm Wednesday 5 November 2008
Venue: Studio, Metro Arts 109 Edward Street, Brisbane
Booking and more information: Online www.metroarts.com.au or phone (07) 3002 7100. Payment at time of booking is essential.
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Location: Studio, Metro Arts 109 Edward Street, Brisbane
Contact: www.metroarts.com.au or (07) 3002 7100 |
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